Multiple Award IDIQ- Solicit w/ Final TO or Draft TO?

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I am starting to question all my training over the years on awarding a Multiple Award IDIQ and questioning the purpose of issuing a Draft Task Order (TO) as a sample for Offerors to propose towards in awarding a MA/IDIQ. Why not save time and issue a final TO that will be awarded to the vendor that proposal is the best value to the government? Therefore, the MA/IDIQ and TO 1 would be awarded essentially awarded at the same time and potentially lead to better pricing....

I am used to issuing a draft task order, and then soliciting the draft as a final TO a few days after the MA/IDIQ has been awarded. Why not save time/paperwork and do it all at one time?

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Thanks guys for all the info and I do apologize for asking a question that appears to have been answered by previous posting. Only if I actually searched "Seed Task Order" or "Sample Task Order", I wouldn't be wasting your time........ I searched "Draft Task Order."

Vern et al- I would say that the size (dollar value) and nature of the real task order is relative to the other potential task orders to come down the line. So I think that issuing a Real Deal TO with the IDIQ soliciation, offerors will provide better pricing at that time and making the evaluation more meaningful .